RE: Looking for good replacement for Windows OneCare
- From: "DaShiell, Jude T. CIV NAVAIR 1490, 1, 26" <jude.dashiell@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 15:16:15 -0400
Each router has a special address like http://192.168.0.1 or
http://192.168.1.0/ you open with a browser. If you get the right
address you'll know it because a web page will open up speaking the name
of your router. Tab around inside that web page and sooner or later,
you'll land on firewall.
-----Original Message-----
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alphonso
McFadden
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 14:38
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Looking for good replacement for Windows OneCare
how do I check to see if my router has one built in?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 1:42 PM
Subject: Re: Looking for good replacement for Windows OneCare
>I like both Avast & MalwareBytes. Avast has saved my bacon on more
> than 1 occasion & is accessible via the right-click menu w/an
> occasional need for jaws cursoring. Malwarebytes comes in a free,
> e.g., scan-on-demand version, & a paid realtime protection version. Be
> careful about putting 2 realtime protection programs on your machine
> that try to protect from the same threats, else a cyber-tug-of-war may
> well ensue, neither program can do its intended job, & your protection
> is actually lessened as a result.
>
> SpywareBlaster is a free, realtime spyware protector. Spybott
> Search-&-Destroy also is free & provides some realtime protection.
> Superantispyware has both a free & paid version--same sort of thing as
> Malwarebytes--& is very very accessible.
>
> I've not found a really good accessible firewall solution, but, check
> to see if your router has 1 built in. The advantage there is that your
> processor power isn't taken up w/firewall tasks.
>
> On 5/10/10, Tyler Littlefield <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I like malware bytes, it's very acccessible (with some use of the
jaws
>> cursor), which never hurt anyone. AVG is also nice, (and also
accessible,
>> with more jaws cursor work).
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "DaShiell, Jude T. CIV NAVAIR 1490, 1, 26"
<jude.dashiell@xxxxxxxx>
>> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:29 AM
>> Subject: RE: Looking for good replacement for Windows OneCare
>>
>>
>> The popular security packages are very inaccessible. Among these are
>> avg; zone alarm, and ad aware and it doesn't matter whether real
money
>> was paid for your screen reader either. Since on some of the
machines I
>> use are win 98 machines they'll not run the popular stuff either.
What
>> they will run is clamwin though and I've found that pretty
accessible.
>> The clamwin package is a port of the linux clamav package and now has
>> some spyware killing capability. Another package that comes with
high
>> ratings from security professionals I talk with is malware bites but
I
>> don't know much about its accessibility status. The security
>> professional I talk to doesn't consider avg; zone alarm, MacCaffey's
or
>> Norton to be worth paying for either. I'm pretty sure he did buy
>> malware bites package though.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert
>> Jaquiss
>> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 11:34
>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Looking for good replacement for Windows OneCare
>>
>> Hello List:
>>
>> For about three years, I have been using Windows Live OneCare
for
>> its firewall, antivirus scanning and backup facilities. Microsoft is
no
>> longer renewing OneCare, so I need to find something else. I am
running
>> Windows XP Home and use JAWS 11. I need to replace all three
functions
>> of virus scanning, firewall and backup. Any thoughts would be
>> appreciated. Thank you.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Robert Jaquiss
>>
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